Armstrong Flooring (STU:2AS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: €137.1 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2021)

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What is Armstrong Flooring Selling, General, & Admin. Expense?

Armstrong Flooring STU:2AS 12 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €137.1 Mil as of Dec. 2021. GuruFocus rates STU:2AS with a GF Score™ of 12/100.

Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Armstrong Flooring's selling, general, & admin. expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2021 was €36.8 Mil. Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 was €137.1 Mil.


Armstrong Flooring  (STU:2AS) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation

An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.

Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.

Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.

If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.


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Armstrong Flooring Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Armstrong Flooring's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can be seen below:

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Armstrong Flooring Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart

Armstrong Flooring Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
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Armstrong Flooring Quarterly Data
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STU:2AS vs AEHL, CARR, MAS: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Armstrong Flooring's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Armstrong Flooring Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Armstrong Flooring's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Armstrong Flooring's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.


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Armstrong Flooring Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.

Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2021 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €137.1 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €137.1 Mil mean?
Armstrong Flooring (STU:2AS) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €137.1 Mil as of Dec. 2021. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Armstrong Flooring and its competitors.
Is Armstrong Flooring's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Armstrong Flooring's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €137.1 Mil. Overall, Armstrong Flooring has a GF Score™ of 12/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Armstrong Flooring's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to AEHL and CARR?
Armstrong Flooring's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €137.1 Mil can be compared against companies in the Construction industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Construction company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Construction industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Armstrong Flooring and its competitors. Armstrong Flooring's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €137.1 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Armstrong Flooring stock overvalued right now?
Armstrong Flooring (STU:2AS) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of €137.1 Mil. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €137.1 Mil. Armstrong Flooring's overall GF Score™ is 12/100. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Armstrong Flooring (STU:2AS), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is €137.1 Mil as of Dec. 2021. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Armstrong Flooring Business Description

Address 1770 Hempstead Road, Lancaster, PA, USA, 17605
Armstrong Flooring Inc designs, manufactures, sources, and sells resilient and wood flooring products, which are primarily used for construction and renovation of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. It operates through two segments namely Resilient Flooring and Wood Flooring. The Resilient Flooring provides a range of floor coverings for homes and commercial buildings under the Armstrong brand and the Wood Flooring segment provides hardwood flooring products under the Armstrong and Bruce brand names. Geographically, the group operates its business in the United States and also has its presence internationally, of which a majority of the revenue is derived from the United States.
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